Beet-topper.



l. ELLES.

BEET TOPPER.

APPLxcATIoN FILED MAR. 21, |918.

129%6., Patented Mar. 18,1919.

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'SEEE-TOFPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Main i8, i919.

Application filed March 2l, 191,8. Serial No. 223,753.

To all Iw/lom 'it may Concern.' i

Be it known that l, Jenn lllLLns, a subject oi' the King of Hungary, residing at "Warren, county or' Trumbull, and citate ot' Ohio, have inxf'ented certain new and useful improvements in Beet-'Ioppei-S, of which the following is a specification. v

This invention relates to improvements in agricultural implements and particularly to types used in elii'iping'the leaves or tops ot' vegetables of the hulhous varieties preparatoryto their removal from the soil.

The principal object oi' the. invention is to provide means in which the leaves or tops are severed from the hull.) without damage to the latter, the device helingy operable hy any convenient source of power, as horses or like draft animals.

A further object is to provide a. heet top per'which may he operated in a. particularly easy and convenient manner and which el'ectively fulfils its functions.

These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter c esc-rihed and .shown ,in the accompanying' drawing', i'oriniin; a materialpart ot this specification, and in which:-

l `igure l is a vertical sectional view taken on line 1-1 of Fig. and

Fig. Q is a ltop plan View; showing' the operativeparis oi an implement iliade in accordance with the invention.

ll'lounted in a pair of wheels l0, is an axle ll, 'to which is attached a platform 12, carrying' the drivers seat la, and with which is engaged the pole l5 hy which I(he imple inent'is drawn over the surface.

Secured upon opposite sides et the axle 11, adjacent to' the wheels l0, are sprockets. 18, communicating motion through chains lil, to other sprockets 20, iixed -near the ends ot an axle 22, the `axle being housed in hearings carried by a. 'trame comprised oiI two parallel bars 23, the front ends of which are engaged by a4 transverse rod 2l, and are mounted over the axle 1l.

Secured at spaced intervals upon the rear axle 22, are a plurality of cutter heads 2G composed of circular plate in .wiich are formed recesses 27, the remaining portions Q8, acting as segmental spokes and having `formed with them the. cutter blades 3Q extending' laterally from the sides of the ein cular plates or disks, having heveled knifelike iront edges 3l, adapted to sever the' leaves or tops of the vegetables. as the implement is drawn over them, and it .will be obvious that the cutter heads due to their heing oi' less diameter than the driving wheels, will rotate at a. greatenspeed, causintl;` the blades to act in the manner as shears with respect to the leaves or tops of the vegeta bles, while the weight of the rear axle, together with the attached parts, is sullicient to maintain the. cutters in proper proximity to the vegetables.

Havingthus described my invention and set forth the manner ofits application and use avhat l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

l. ln a beet topper, the combination with a wheeled truck, an axle, and means fo attaching draft animals to said truck, of a pair or' parallel rails pivotally engaged with the axle of said truck, and extending rearwardly thereof, a second axle journaled at; the rear ends of said rails, means for communicating' rotary motion from the first named axle to the second named axle, a plurality of cutter heads at spaced intervals rigidly engaged 'upon said second axle and of lesserdiameter than the truck wheels, said cutter heads consisting of disks rectangularly notchedl in a direction radial to said axles, and a curved lilade formed at the peripheries of said disks integrally therewith, said cutter blades extending` as 'llanges lab erally out-ward from the sides of said disks and over the side edges thereof to form sharp points and arranged circularly thereahout, and beveled, knife-like front edges formed ,with said blades.

2. ln a heet topper, the combination Awith a truck having .an axle rigidly engaged to the wheels thereof, of a pair ofisupport hars pivotally engaged with said axle, said hars extending rearwardly and down ardly, a second axle journaled at the ends of said support hars, mea-ns for communicating rotary motion to said second axle from said truck, a plurality of lcutter heads of lesser diameter than the truck wheels rigidly engaged upon said second axle at spaced intervals, each et said cutter heads comprising' a circular disk having radial reotangula-ily shaped recesses .formed therein, cutters extending at right angles 'from one'side of the solid portion off said disk, and flange like knives termed upon the vadvancing edge of each of said cutters integrally therewith, and' l.extending over the Sfide edges thereof for y cutter heads rotating at a greater speed than the track wheels, and being maintained in proper-proximity tothe vegetables by the f weight of the rear axle.

In testimony whereof I have afixedmy Signature.

JOHN ELLES. 

